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HN is social, and media, but I don't consider it social media in the same way as FB, Instagram, Twitter, and their ilk. Let me put it another way, to me, one c
by slantyyz 5y ago
HN is social, and media, but I don't consider it social media in the same way as FB, Instagram, Twitter, and their ilk.
Let me put it another way, to me, one critical defining feature of a "social media" site: when you register, one of the first tasks you do is to identify people you know (or want to know) so they can be somehow linked to you as a friend or someone you're following.
- scarecrowbob 5y agoIf you removed the a feature of trying to get other people to sign up from FB would it still be facebook? I think it very much could be.... and consider other feathers that you could remove, such as "likes" (or karma) and posting (ie, user submitted content and comment threads). I feel like if you removed those two features, neither HN/Reddit nor Facebook would be the "same" service.